Docking station for a computing device

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a docking station for a computing device;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate surface features and other features of the docking station and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a docking station for a computing device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D687038
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 14, 2013
Date of Patent: Jul 30, 2013
Assignee: Palm, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Inventors: Manjirnath Chatterjee (San Francisco, CA), Yoshimichi Matsuoka (Cupertino, CA), Peter Cazalet (Sunnyvale, CA), William Justin Grange (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Freda S Nunn
Application Number: 29/443,146
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Docking Station Or Memory Expansion Base (D14/434)